Spain gets first coronavirus victim as worldwide price hits 259 and infection total soars to 12,000 and Apple closes ALL its stores and offices in China
Spanish authorities have confirmed German tourist on holiday in Canary Islands
World Health Organisation said other governments got to prepare if it spreads
Apple confirmed closure of all of its official stores and company offices in China
China asked people to delay weddings and reduce funerals to stop spread
Spain has confirmed its first case of coronavirus because the worldwide price for the killer bug hits 259.
Spanish authorities confirmed that a German tourist was taken ill with the infection while on holiday within the Canary Islands .
The man was put into hospital quarantine on Wednesday after it emerged he had inherit contact with another coronavirus patient in his home country before flying to Spain.
Britain and France are among 20 countries outside of China to verify cases of the virus as tech giant Apple has confirmed closure of all major stores and offices within the country.
A World Health Organisation official said other governments got to steel oneself against a 'domestic outbreak control' if the disease spreads in their countries
The German tourist is currently in hospital in La Gomera, one among Spain's Canary Islands , and a well-liked destination for British tourists seeking a getaway from the country's brash Costa resorts.
Four people he jetted to Spain with have also been tested.
The group had been staying at a rented holiday home near the tiny town of Hermigua, a well-liked base for walkers.
A spokesman for Spain's Health Ministry said last night: 'The National Centre of Microbiology has confirmed a case of coronavirus detected in Spain after tests on one among the samples sent from La Gomera.
'The patient has been quarantined in hospital in La Gomera.
'He was a part of a gaggle of 5 folks that were under observation after it emerged he had been in touch in Germany with a patient diagnosed with the illness.'
People are seen wearing surgical masks on the balcony of the Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe hospital on the remote Spanish island of los angeles Gomera
Local reports said medical workers wearing head-to-toe protective suits had taken the tourists away around midday on Wednesday.
Hermigua mayor Yordan Pinero urged worried residents and tourists afterwards to remain calm, insisting all 'health protocols' had been activated.
The five Germans are being kept at at a hospital in La Gomera called Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.
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